Foundational Challenges
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Build a Tic-Tac-Toe-Style Game Agent for an Edtech Demo
Implement Connect-Four (7-column, 6-row board) in Python plus a minimax agent with alpha-beta pruning, configurable search depth, and a simple heuristic evaluation function for …
- Game Playing Ai
- Minimax
- Alpha Beta Pruning
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence - StrategyFoundationalNew
Go-to-Market Strategy for a Munich D2C Cosmetics Startup
Your task is to create a comprehensive go-to-market plan. You must identify the target customer segments, select appropriate marketing channels (e.g., social media, influencer p…
- Market Segmentation
- Marketing Strategy
- Budget Planning
Open coursework - DesignFoundationalNew
Design a Virtual Ideation Workshop for EcoThreads' Circular Line
Design a facilitation package for a single 4-hour virtual ideation workshop with twelve EcoThreads participants. Using only the company brief (mat-company-brief), the participan…
- Ideation
- Workshop Facilitation
- Circular Economy
Open coursework - StrategyFoundationalNew
Design a Lightweight Intrapreneurship Program for TaskFlow
Working only from the materials provided — the TaskFlow company dossier (taskflow-dossier), the leadership strategy and budget memo (leadership-memo), and the employee innovatio…
- Program Design
- Intrapreneurship
- Process Mapping
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- AnalysisFoundationalNew
Diagnose and Fix the BrilhoBeleza Customer Journey
Working only from the four materials you are given — the company context brief, the digital funnel analytics export, the post-purchase survey results, and the session observatio…
- Customer Journey Mapping
- Data Analysis
- Ux Research
Open coursework - AnalysisFoundationalNew
Performance Evaluation of a Tech Mutual Fund
Your task is to analyze the TechGrowth Fund's monthly returns from 2019-2023, along with benchmark and risk-free rate data. You must calculate and interpret key performance meas…
- Performance Evaluation
- Sharpe Ratio
- Jensens Alpha
Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management - CodeFoundationalNew
Rule-Based Intent Classifier for a Customer-Support Triage Bot
Build a rule-based classifier in Python that runs ordered rules (regex + keyword + simple heuristics) against ticket subject + body. Use a hierarchical rule structure (high-prec…
- Knowledge Representation
- Rule Based Systems
- Python Programming
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (CS Elective) - DesignFoundationalNew
Create a Remote Work Policy for a 15-Person Sustainable Fashion Brand
Your task is to draft a remote work policy for the brand. Include guidelines on work hours, communication norms, virtual collaboration tools, well-being initiatives, and sustain…
- Remote Work Policy
- Employee Wellbeing
- Sustainability
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Frame the business question, model the options, build the recommendation. From market sizing to competitive analysis, this role is where strategy consulting meets in-house decision-making.
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Restructure GreenMart's Store Sales Force to Lift Upselling
Using the provided transaction-level sales export, the staff roster and turnover record, and the store-visit field notes, build a sales force restructuring plan for GreenMart's …
- Sales Force Analysis
- Incentive Design
- Training Program Design
Open coursework - CodeFoundationalNew
Swap a List Scan for a Min-Heap in the Dispatcher
Working only from the materials provided, your job is to make the courier-selection logic faster and to show, with evidence, that it actually got faster. First, read the de-iden…
- Heap Data Structure
- Complexity Analysis
- Python
Open coursework - AnalysisFoundationalNew
Investigate Price Sensitivity for GlowSydney's New Moisturizer
Working solo, begin by exploring the GlowSydney transaction history (provided as the dataset 'glowsydney-transactions') to summarize how prices and units sold are distributed, u…
- Descriptive Statistics
- Linear Regression
- Data Visualization
Open coursework - ResearchFoundationalNew
Optimizing Survey Design for a São Paulo D2C Cosmetics Brand
Your task is to design a complete survey research plan for Glow SP. Define the target population, sampling frame, and sample size. Create a 15-question survey (mix of closed and…
- Survey Design
- Sampling
- Questionnaire Construction
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Lean Launch Plan for a Sustainable Fashion App
Your task is to create a lean launch plan document. Define your target customer segment, design a customer discovery interview guide, specify MVP features (no coding required, j…
- Lean Startup
- Customer Discovery
- Mvp Design
Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation - ResearchFoundationalNew
Academic Writing: The Impact of AI on Small Business Marketing
Produce a 3,000-word academic essay following APA 7th edition formatting. Structure: Introduction with clear thesis statement, Literature Review (minimum 8 peer-reviewed sources…
- Academic Writing
- Business Administration
- Online Marketing
Open coursework - AnalysisFoundationalNew
Cluster Climate-Tech SMB Customers for a Growth Team
You receive a CSV with company size, industry sub-vertical, country, product features adopted, monthly active users, and lifetime value. Standardize features, decide on a cluste…
- Unsupervised Learning
- Clustering
- Dimensionality Reduction
Machine Learning (Undergraduate) - CodeFoundationalNew
Python Data Pipeline for Spotify Listening Trends
Write a Python script (or Jupyter notebook) that reads the provided CSV files (4 weeks of Spotify Top 200 data), cleans inconsistencies (missing artists, duplicate entries, enco…
- Object Oriented Programming
- Data Analytics
- Statistics
Open coursework - StrategyFoundationalNew
Investigate How Circular-Fashion Ventures Build Their Launch Teams
Your task is to run a field investigation and then design the team. First, observe: read the EcoThreads Circular Pilot Dossier to map the four functions, their leads, and their …
- Team Building
- Cross Functional Collaboration
- Conflict Resolution
Open coursework - DesignFoundationalNew
Smart Street Lighting for Sustainable City District
Your task is to design a smart street lighting system for a 10-block area in Freiburg's city center. Use PIR motion sensors and ambient light sensors to detect pedestrians and v…
- Iot Architecture
- Sensor Integration
- Mesh Networks
Open coursework - DesignFoundationalNew
Improving Patient Intake for a Telehealth Startup
You are a design thinking consultant hired by MediConnect. Your task is to analyze the current intake flow, identify pain points through user research, ideate improvements, prot…
- User Research
- Ux Design
- Prototyping
Design Thinking and Innovation - AnalysisFoundationalNew
Production Planning for a Sustainable Fashion Brand
Your task is to build a linear program that decides weekly production quantities for each product line. Constraints include labor hours (max 400 hrs), machine hours (max 200 hrs…
- Linear Programming
- Optimization
- Excel
Operations Research and Optimization - ResearchFoundationalNew
Requirements Discovery for a Restaurant Inventory App
Conduct 5 semi-structured interviews (45 minutes each) across line cook, kitchen manager, bar manager, store manager, and group operations. Synthesize findings into 5 user perso…
- Requirements Engineering
- User Interviews
- Use Case Modeling
Software Engineering Foundations - AnalysisFoundationalNew
ESG Reporting Gaps for a 40-Person SaaS Scale-up
You are an ESG analyst tasked with helping DataFlow prepare for enterprise client ESG requirements. Your deliverable is a materiality matrix, a set of key ESG indicators (KPIs),…
- Materiality Assessment
- ESG Metrics
- Sustainability Reporting
ESG and Sustainability Reporting - DesignFoundationalNew
Stakeholder Workshop on AI Risk for a Public-Sector Pilot
You receive a description of the pilot (24/7 LLM chatbot answering questions on municipal services in Spanish and Catalan). Design a 3-hour workshop for around 25 mixed-stakehol…
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Workshop Design
- Responsible Ai
AI Ethics, Fairness, and Responsible AI - DesignFoundationalNew
Optimizing Sales Cloud for a D2C Cosmetics Brand
You are a Salesforce junior consultant hired by GlowUp Brasil. Your task is to propose a Sales Cloud setup that includes lead conversion, opportunity pipeline tracking, and auto…
- Sales Cloud
- Lead Management
- Opportunity Management
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